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submassive

submassive adjective: less than, or approaching, massive.

Adjective

submassive (not comparable)

  1. Less than, or approaching, massive.
    • Patients with submassive PE can be treated with anticoagulation medication alone as they are generally hemodynamically stable, whilst patients with massive PE usually present with hemodynamic instability and are treated with either pulmonary embolectomy or thrombolytic therapy.2015 July 25, “Gender Differences in the Symptoms, Signs, Disease History, Lesion Position and Pathophysiology in Patients with Pulmonary Embolism”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of submassive

From sub- + massive.

Questions about submassive

What does submassive mean?
Submassive means less than, or approaching, massive.
What part of speech is submassive?
Submassive is an adjective.

Words near submassive in the dictionary

  1. submarshals
  2. submartingale
  3. submartingales
  4. submass
  5. submasses
  6. submassive
  7. submaster
  8. submasters
  9. submatch
  10. submatches
  11. submatrices

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